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Originally Posted by
JD_May 
Are you people so whipped by now that your reaction to this is "don't fuck around"? I will never understand why, for women, it is entirely justifiable to respond to infidelity, or whatever else, with violence. From a slap to throwing stuff to this (which is pretty clearly sexual assault). Even if you're not serious, the fact that people respond like that just normalizes the practice.
Disclaimer: I know nothing about the specifics beyond the article linked. However, as a general observation: It's not about justifying the violent act the women are committing, it is about what the violent act itself may represent. It is a perverse way for women to take some of the power that they traditionally have been denied. If a man cheats on a woman who has no way of supporting herself on her own (she had to quit her job to raise the kids, or never had a job in the first place), she may think she just has to sit there and take it. But evetually she may reach a point where she can't take it, and sees violence as her only recourse. And the men may react as you see on this board because the violence speaks to them. It may not be that they think it's more right if a woman does it than if a man does - it may just be that the physical retribution is a language they understand.
